In today’s Northwest Herald article about McHenry County Board member Chuck Wheeler’s suit against those behind three 2016 Republican Primary Election hit pieces, McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks is quoted as the source of Wheeler’s health benefits and mileage … Continue reading
Category Archives: Illinois Integrity Fund
The third lawsuit to drop against the Illinois Integrity Fund, Michael Noonan, Roosevelt Group, Inc., Sean Tenner, and KNI, Inc., was filed by McHenry County Board member Chuck Wheeler. Jack Franks and Breaker Press were named as “Respondents in Discovery.” … Continue reading
Tuesday was a terrible, horrible, no good, exceedingly humiliating, very bad day for McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks. First Franks faced an uprising from County Board members for his role in State Rep. David McSweeney’s bill to make him … Continue reading
The following letter was published in the Woodstock Independent and is reprinted here with permission from it author Elliot Cassidy: Frivolous lawsuit attacks First Amendment Rights I want to thank the Independent for your recent Editorial about the frivolous lawsuit … Continue reading
Heading over to Home depot last night I heard a piece on NPR about a change in the income tax law that I hadn’t heard before. Winners of various contingency court cases will henceforth have to pay income taxes on … Continue reading
A letter to the Northwest Herald written by Lake in the Hills resident Deborah Jenssen and published here with her permission: Something’s afoot in McHenry County government Something’s afoot. The past two election cycles notably were the most brutal and … Continue reading
“This guy’s trying to destroy your soul. “He just doesn’t want to defeat you. “He wants to make sure that you never come back again.” = = = = = Answer tomorrow. … Continue reading
A year ago, McHenry County Recorder of Deeds Joe Tirio was running against former McHenry City Clerk Janice Dalton. Dalton didn’t have much of a campaign if one leaves out the smear pieces from Jack Franks’ allies calling themselves the … Continue reading
The McHenry County Circuit Court has decided no local judge should hear the case that McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio has filed against the cats paws for the Illinois Integrity Fund that may end up with McHenry County Board Chairman … Continue reading
Here’s a commentary from a Friend of McHenry County Blog on the Woodstock Independent’s Editorial attacking Joe Tirio, McHenry County Clerk, for daring to file a lawsuit to find out who defamed him last spring: Response to Woodtucky Independent Cheryl … Continue reading
Susan Handelsman, Seneca Township resident, had this reaction to the Woodstock Independent’s trashing of Joe Tirio, McHenry County Clerk: Independent editorial attacking honest reformer for standing up to Professional Political Class In response to the Woodstock Independent editorial attacking County … Continue reading
The first reaction to this week’s Woodstock Independent editorial, still not on the internet, attacking Joe Tirio for daring to file a lawsuit to discover who is responsible for maligning him came from Woodstock Republican Precinct Committeeman Richard Rostron: Very … Continue reading
The Woodstock Independent rarely covers anything in government above the municipal level of Woodstock, Bull Valley, sometimes Wonder Lake governments and the local school board. I only remember seeing a reporter elsewhere at one McHenry County College Board meeting. Nothing … Continue reading
Will Illinois Integrity Fund Fronts, Jack Franks Face More Court Action? A friend of McHenry County Blog that knows all of the candidates has told me that several have been interviewing numerous lawyers in the Chicagoland area with an eye … Continue reading
The following letter was published in the Northwest Herald and is re-published here with permission of Elliot Cassidy of Woodstock: Letter: Tirio needs to stop wasting time I’m writing you because Joe Tirio is wasting everyone’s time with his recent … Continue reading
Here’s what popped up at 8:55 this morning on the Chicago Tribune website: SUBURBS ‘Crooked Joe’ campaign flyers prompt lawsuit as GOP clerk claims Chicago Dems secretly tried to sway election Raising the stakes in an ongoing political dispute, the … Continue reading
Joe Tirio is continuing his quest to discover who is behind the three hit pieces defaming his name during the Republican nomination contest for McHenry County Clerk. His legal action explains that he is man of “good repute and credit” … Continue reading
That’s what the Northwest Herald is reporting Jack Franks says about being named in court by Breaker Press President Richard Lewandowski as being thought to be involved with the defamatory GOP Primary Election postcards mailed by the Illinois Integrity Fund. … Continue reading
Fridays, the Northwest Herald sends out a free email on county government. Today, there is a prediction by Ed Komenda’s story resulting from last Friday’s Joe Tirio v. Breaker Press court hearing. That’s when Breaker Press President Richard Lewandowski mentioned … Continue reading
One of Jack Franks’ election night guests, caught on camera by the Northwest Herald and published on its front page last Saturday, was Sean Tenner. Tenner of KNI was identified in Judge Kevin Costello’s court last Friday, along with Michael … Continue reading